On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 11:52:43PM +0200, C. Gatzemeier wrote: > Hi, > I compiled some info I've gathered. > Corrections and documenting welcome. > > Regards, > Christian > > --- > Manual partitioning for skolelinux installations > > To install skolelinux on a machine without wiping out the existing operating > system(s) you'll need to say NO when asked if you want the installer to > automaticly create the partitions for you. Yes, I know what you want to improve / achieve. > > As a guideline you should then set up something like > > / (root) 512 MB (base system) > /usr 2-5 GB (static program data) > /var 1-3 GB (variable program data) > /skole/tjener/home0 1-5+ GB (homedirs) > /skole/backup 4+ GB (backups) > swap 512+ MB (2*ramsize swap) > > > To make the installation set up lessdisks thin clients, you need a LVM > volume group vg_system, with at least 512 MB availible space. That seems a redundant paragraph to me, please remove it. > > If I manually set up partitions for a skolelinux install, I normally add the > following schema to the existing partitions. It is close to the setup > autopartkit would otherwise create when overwriting all existing partitions. > > > Add three partitions on the harddisk(s): > > one for / (ext3 root) 512MB > and two lvm partitions for two volume groups > vg_system 10-15GB > vg_data rest > > (with two disks but w/o hardware raid I add a software raid 1 in vg_data) Add a pointer to the RAID 1 setup or don't mention it. > in vg_system I create logigal volumes for the following partitions: > > lv_usr /usr 4 GB > lv_var /var 2 GB > lv_swap swap 512+ MB (2*ramsize) > > on mainserver also > > lv_squid /var/spool/squid 256 MB (or some GBs & adjusting squid.conf) > > on thin client servers also > > lv_ltsp_swap /var/opt/ltsp/swapfiles 1GB (32MB for each thinclient) > lv_less /var/lib/lessdisks 500MB (will be automaticly created) > > and in vg_data, I create the following partitions: > > lv_home0 /skole/tjener/home0 2 GB > lv_backup /skole/backup 4 GB > > St
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